Echoezra
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For some reason I wasn't expecting him to not be interested in juicy colorful worms... Now I guess I need help with techniques??
I had silkworms all over the darn cage, they were wiggling and flailing about, for days, and he didnt even notice them, it's like they were invisible.
I tried butterworms, on branches, on the screen walls, wiggling like crazy, crawling, nothing. Those he would look right at, but refused to try, just waited till they'd fall off, I kept trying to put them back, I think they're all MIA in the plants now.
He loves crickets, only bigger ones, I got smaller ones cause I was worried about the size of the first batch, but he prefers the bigger ones. He likes them on the screen, not on branches or plants, apparently. Also likes superworms, gobbled them right up, but again, just off ofthe screen, less interested on he vines or plants.
And yes I did try the silks & butters on the screen too, still invisible. Lol.
He just freezes if I try holding the bugs, or on my flat hand, or in a cup. I even tried wedging a cup in some vines, so that it would be below a vine he liked to climb & sit on, so he could look down into it, and I put several of each bug in, and he refused to go on that branch that night.
So still obvious trust issues. It's only been a week, so I mean I wasn't expecting miracles, but he's obviously hungry, cause when you do see him eat a bug he looks so excited and ravenous. Lol.
I just wasn't expecting him to only like crickets & supers, I had expected to mix it up. It was like a silkworm graveyard in that cage this week! Lol. I need another lizard just to eat his castaways! Lol.
I'm sure he'd like them if he tried them, but how do you get him to try them?? Lol.
I had silkworms all over the darn cage, they were wiggling and flailing about, for days, and he didnt even notice them, it's like they were invisible.
I tried butterworms, on branches, on the screen walls, wiggling like crazy, crawling, nothing. Those he would look right at, but refused to try, just waited till they'd fall off, I kept trying to put them back, I think they're all MIA in the plants now.
He loves crickets, only bigger ones, I got smaller ones cause I was worried about the size of the first batch, but he prefers the bigger ones. He likes them on the screen, not on branches or plants, apparently. Also likes superworms, gobbled them right up, but again, just off ofthe screen, less interested on he vines or plants.
And yes I did try the silks & butters on the screen too, still invisible. Lol.
He just freezes if I try holding the bugs, or on my flat hand, or in a cup. I even tried wedging a cup in some vines, so that it would be below a vine he liked to climb & sit on, so he could look down into it, and I put several of each bug in, and he refused to go on that branch that night.
So still obvious trust issues. It's only been a week, so I mean I wasn't expecting miracles, but he's obviously hungry, cause when you do see him eat a bug he looks so excited and ravenous. Lol.
I just wasn't expecting him to only like crickets & supers, I had expected to mix it up. It was like a silkworm graveyard in that cage this week! Lol. I need another lizard just to eat his castaways! Lol.
I'm sure he'd like them if he tried them, but how do you get him to try them?? Lol.
